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security

There's little the mods in /r/A can do to secure the sub. It's a public forum, our removed items are mirrored for anyone to see, and the admins can see anything anyway. The best we can do is promote awareness of security culture and the real threat of state repression.

In recent years the FBI has targeted young activists, new to the scene, to entrap them plotting violent acts. These manufactured threats occur around major gatherings of militants in the U.S. The NATO 3 and The Cleveland 5 are the two most recent examples of people who, while posing no threat, were convinced by informants who supplied them with the materials they needed to plot violent acts.

/r/A may not seem like it would be a target for repression, but the FBI has shown they don't need a real threat when one can be manufactured. /r/A is a place frequented by people who are new to radical politics, people who haven't yet learned security culture.